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Winter Prey

By: John Sandford
Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
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Few writers have explored the human dark side with as much insight and power - and in Winter Prey, his shattering New York Times best-seller, Sandford tells his most ice-blooded tale of all. Minneapolis Lieutenant Lucas Davenport has tracked killers in cities across America. But even he may be unprepared to face the savage murderer hunting human prey in the Wisconsin woods this winter.

©1993 John Sandford (P)1995 Recorded Books, LLC

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get into the book

felt like narrator was just reading the text. love this book my favorite sandford book

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another good one

this book is another great story by John Sanford, I haven't listened to one that I didn't like. excellent story.

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suspenseful thriller

Great story; couldn't stop listening great reader and Stanford is a great author. loved it

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A riveting story

This has got to be my favorite "Prey" story. It's so scary! I've listened to this more than once and probably will again!

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Winter Prey

This is my second favoriteDavenport novel. When I first read this all those years ago I couldn’t figure the mystery out until the end. After dealing with Becker Lucas sets off for much needed off time only to get caught in the sight of serial killer. 10/10

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... when Lucas met Winter ...

Would you listen to Winter Prey again? Why?

Sure, I enjoy a re-listen to the entire Prey series, you pick up little things you may have missed or look forward to the scenes & dialog that you remember. Either way, while waiting for the NEXT prey novel I enjoy a revisit to Minneapolis any time.

What did you like best about this story?

Winter Prey has a good plot line of its own to keep your interest, but this is the one where Lucas meets Weather. It adds to his back story and gives you more insight to Lucas' personal life.

Have you listened to any of Richard Ferrone’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Many ... he is a wonderful narrator, and for me ... he IS Lucas Davenport. He delivers Lucas' lines exactly how I expect them to be spoken.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Lucas gets shot, in the throat ... he can't breathe ... can Weather step in, in time ...

Any additional comments?

Everyone should add the Prey series to their wish lists.

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good story but ...

good book but ... the author doesn't know much about carrying firearms as a cop , the cop would ALWAYS have his firearm loaded ready to go with a chambered round , the unloading and loading is Hollywood nonsense .

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Excellent.

Suspenseful. Terrific story. Wonderful characters. Excellent performance. The story is a bit dark.. Held me..

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He does it again!

Just when I started to wonder if Sandford could keep it up in his "Prey" series, he hits the ball out of the park with another one. In Winter Prey, Lucas finally falls in love and the woman is his equal in intelligence, courage and heart. The killer is horrifyingly bad, in the way we love them to be. Highly intelligent, completely corruptible, and psychologically skewed. This story has sex ring stuff, child abuse, good old fashioned romance, a suspicious priest and our hero get mortally wounded......no spoilers beyond this.

And I can't say enough about the narrator, Richard Ferrone- his voice is amazing and his interpretation and nuanced characters are compelling, seductive, scary, wistful, dramatic.---he has it all.

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Good paced thriller

Sanford books always have fine descriptive writing with his character development almost as good as Virgil Flowers series.

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